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211-0564 Associate Professor in Vertebrate Social Behaviour

Department of Biology

Faculty of Science

University of Copenhagen

The Department
of Biology at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for an
associate professorship in Vertebrate Social Behaviour. The position is to be
filled by 1 October 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter, subject to negotiation.

The Department of Biology is among the largest Departments of the University of Copenhagen. It
employs about 475 academic and technical staff and hosts research programmes
and teaching curricula that cover all major biological sub-disciplines. University
rankings typically place the field of biology/biochemistry at the University of
Copenhagen first in Denmark and among the top 30 universities internationally. In
addition to a PhD-programme, three BSc study programmes (biology, biochemistry,
molecular biomedicine) and four MSc study programmes (biology, biochemistry,
molecular biomedicine, bioinformatics) engage close to 2000 students.

The new professorship will be embedded
in the Section for Ecology &
Evolution. The Section’s research addresses fundamental
questions about the organizational principles and functional history of life
and covers population and community ecology, evolutionary biology and animal
behavior, including the interfaces between these fields. Research projects are
primarily inspired by fundamental theoretical concepts and have a sound basis
in organismal natural history without a-priori preference for specific habitats
or ecosystems.

The Section has state-of-the-art
facilities, including DNA-laboratories, a sound analysis laboratory, temperature
controlled rearing rooms, aquaria rooms, an animal stable and outdoor aviaries.
The section has also access to the 160 ha Strødam Reserve about 40 km north of
the University campus, consisting of a mixed deciduous forest closed to the
public. Section staff currently includes four full professors, five Associate
Professors, five technicians, and more than 10 post docs and PhD students that enjoy
an informal, trusting and collaborative working atmosphere. The Section is
supported by substantial external funding.

Description of the position

The appointee is expected to take a leading role in the establishment of
an externally funded research programme in vertebrate social behaviour, and to
develop a network of national and international collaborations in line with the
Section’s tradition of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. She/he is expected to work with basic aspects of
vertebrate social behavior, combine field work and experimental approaches, and
have interdisciplinary interests that could lead to collaboration with the
section’s complementary research programs in ecology, evolutionary biology,
neurobiology, genomics and/or microbial symbioses. Duties also include teaching and
supervision of students at the undergraduate, graduate and PhD-levels, with
prime course assignments in the field of animal behaviour, as well as some
management tasks requested by the Department.

Qualifications/profile

Applicants should have a scientific background within behavioral ecology or ethology. A significant track-record of successful external
research funding as well as a significant publication record in high-level,
international, peer-reviewed ISI journals is required. Candidates are also required
to have documented university level competencies in delivering high-quality
undergraduate/graduate teaching and must be able to explain and reflect upon
own teaching practice and portfolio. Formal pedagogical training or supervision
equivalent to the University of Copenhagen teacher training programme is
necessary. Finally, candidates are expected to have managerial and out-reach qualifications.

Duties include the
applicant’s own research, development of the field, assessment tasks, grant
applications, and research management such as supervision and training of
research fellows and other staff. The successful applicant must also teach,
supervise, prepare and participate in examinations, and fulfill other tasks
requested by the Department.

Assessment of applicants will
primarily consider their level of documented, original scientific production at
an international level, including contributions to developments in their field,
as well as their documented teaching qualifications. Managerial and out-reach
qualifications of applicants including ability to attract external funding will
also be considered.

Terms of employment

The position is open from 1 October 2018 or as soon as
possible thereafter.

The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic
Staff. Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement
between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of
Professional Associations on Academics in the State. Commencing salaries for associate
professors are currently DKK 455.206 including annual supplement (+ pension DKK 77.840). Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity
of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates
regardless of personal background.

The application including all attachments must be in
English and submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below. Please include the following documentation:

Curriculum
vitae including:

Please describe
and document international network and relations

Please describe
and document internationally based activities

Positions held
at universities/research institutions outside Denmark

Outreach
activities, i.e. popular lectures or other activities in the media

Grants held,
personal or in part. Career development grants.

Diplomas
(Master and PhD degree or equivalent)

Research plan -
description of current and future research plans

If available, description and
documentation of teaching and supervision experience and qualifications- please
describe and document:

Experience with
supervision of BSc and MSc students

Teaching
experience

Formal
pedagogical training

Complete
publication list

Separate
reprints of up to 5 particularly relevant papers

Deadline for applications is 25.04.2018, 23:59 GMT +2. After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the
authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice
of the Interview Committee.